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Consumer Law Assignment Lecturer:- Douglas T4-22 "The Common Law is clearly incapable of securing consumers 'reasonable expectations. Parliament has therefore stepped in to fill the gaps." I aim to put forward relevant issues and arguments as to whether the parliament has taken reasonable steps. Some don't think so:- "We are disappointed that the Queens' speech does not deal more comprehensively with the rights of the public to protection and the responsibility of traders." Allan Charlsworth CE Trading Standards Institute Http://www/lawcom.gov.uk Who is a consumer? A consumer is an individual purchasing an item off a supplier, for example a shop or retailer. If an individual buys an item out of the local paper he/she is not a consumer, and do consumers really need protecting? Yes consumers do need protecting. Long before statutes were introduced it was a case of 'caviot emptor' (BUYER BEWARE) which through the aid of parliament now becomes 'caviot venditor' (SELLER BEWARE). In...

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